Fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to their faith before they explore it. As opposed to a curious person who explores first and then considers whether or not they want to accept the ramifications.
It's considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelise. I don't see why that's considered a normal thing.
Sexism in politics is nothing new when you're standing for election. But don't stand for election and it's almost as bad. Shockingly, David Cameron thought it acceptable to claim this week that my decision not to run for the Labour leadership was because my husband, Ed Balls, "stopped [me] from standing. "
To allow the Russian activity to go unresponded to is not acceptable.
By mutual respect, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which exist or may arise between us.
I am too much a moralist at heart, and really want to preach at people in some acceptable form, rather than entertain them.
You are challenged to avoid mediocrity, acquire knowledge from the sages of antiquity, the achievements of the scientific present, and the prophets of the living God. Isaiah once spoke as follows, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee
I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level.
I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
Just listen to Chris Matthews on any given day and you will see what's acceptable on the Left
What I said about John was that he liberated me from my anxieties about writing in a correct, acceptable way.
The child of God knows his good works do not make him acceptable to God, for he was acceptable to God by Jesus Christ long before he had any good works.
Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
We must abandon the unworkable notion that it is morally reprehensible for some countries to pursue weapons of mass destruction, yet morally acceptable for others to rely on them for security - and indeed to continue to refine their capacities and postulate plans for their use
It's absolutely not acceptable for people to argue that, if we are going to do anything about climate change at all, well, the responsibility lies solely with the individual.
There is a joke that your hammer will always find nails to hit. I find that perfectly acceptable
The chuckle is a perfectly acceptable form of laughter.
War subjects itself to transportation in a way that we find acceptable.
It has become more acceptable to describe yourself as a conservative, but not everyone who uses that term about themselves really is truly conservative.
The main aim of the [political] dialogue should be to resolve the problems of the nation, not to find who is the winner and who is the loser. That's not what it's all about. It's to try and find an answer that is acceptable to all parties concerned, which would of course require some give and take.